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Petunia

noun

Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers.

Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America. Synonym: genus Petunia.

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"Petunia" Quotes from Famous Books

... in Riverbank. P. Gubb therefore welcomed gladly Miss Petunia Scroggs when she came to his office in the Opera House Block and said: "Mr. Gubb? Mr. Philo Gubb, the detective? Well, my name is Miss Petunia Scroggs, and I want to talk to you ...

— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler

... pleasure rather than his own, is quite willing to abandon his favourite yellow marigold and luscious jasmine for the pooteena and the beebeena and the fullax. But perhaps you do not know these flowers by their Indian names. We call them petunia, verbena, and phlox. This is, doubtless, another indication ...

— Behind the Bungalow • EHA

Words linked to "Petunia" : flower, family Solanaceae, Solanaceae, potato family, asterid dicot genus